Energy apparently increases with the amount of work to be done. When nothing of burning urgency is waiting, it decreases much sooner. Heaven seems to understand such economy.
EDITH STEINEnergy apparently increases with the amount of work to be done. When nothing of burning urgency is waiting, it decreases much sooner. Heaven seems to understand such economy.
More Edith Stein Quotes
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There is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it.
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Who can sleep on the night that God became man?
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The nation doesn’t simply need what we have. It needs what we are.
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Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help.
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One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
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Everything abstract is ultimately part of the concrete. Everything inanimate finally serves the living. That is why every activity dealing in abstraction stands in ultimate service to a living whole.
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Each finite creature can reflect only a fraction of the divine nature; thus, in the diversity of His creatures, God’s infinity, unity and oneness appear to be broken into an effulfgence of manifold rays.
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An ‘I’ without a body is a possibility. But a body without an ‘I’ is utterly impossible.
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Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul ‘prays in us with unspeakable groanings’.
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When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not.
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One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth.
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Let go of your plans. The first hour of your morning belongs to God. Tackle the day’s work that he charges you with, and he will give you the power to accomplish it.
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Those who remain silent are responsible.
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